Thread: Bug #764: 7.3b1 : SET gives misleading error information with non-valid option name and multiple arguments

Tim Knowles (tim@ametco.co.uk) reports a bug with a severity of 3
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Short Description
7.3b1 : SET gives misleading error information with non-valid option name and multiple arguments

Long Description
PostgrsqSQL 7.3b1

If you use SET with a non-valid option name and multiple arguments it gives a misleading error message suggesting that
thenon-valid option name is correct and can take only one argument. 

Sample Code
test=# set anythinyoulike=1;
ERROR:  'anythinyoulike' is not a valid option name

test=# set anythinyoulike=1,2;
ERROR:  SET anythinyoulike takes only one argument

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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> 7.3b1 : SET gives misleading error information with non-valid option name and multiple arguments

Fixed, thanks.

            regards, tom lane